[Faumpiggueria]

What is it famous for, other than being the suicide capital of the world?

[Yyaqyped]

Anyway, Gribbler, there are only a handful of truly iconic structures in the world and few of them are in America. This is one of them.

[genna]

I didn't spot the error.

[melissa]

Yeah, FDR. The President had the Golden Gate Bridge funded as part of his New Deal infrastructure spending program. Construction started in 1934 and was completed in 1937.

[Maymayfor]

I'm positive the WPA was involved some how even if it was just co-signing loans though I do know the tunnel attached to the bridge says it was built by the WPA.

[Mmzmptvk]

I don't remember seeing the Golden Gate bridge, Empire State Building or the White House in any civ games.

[GuitarLoverBe]

well, many, not most. but those are the famous USA iconic structures I can think of

[MpNelQTU]

Hey, this is OT! No whining about how lousy everything since Civ2 has been...

Yeah, well, the impact of bridges tends to be highly localized.

[aaaaaaaabbbby]

I didn't spot the error.

You simply know one is always there, its a mind teaser to find where he has buried the wrongness.

[Tzqowwyt]

No **** Sherlock. I even said that.

Construction started in 1934 and was completed in 1937.

[Gooracouppy]

OK, let's search for the source of this miscommunication. When I said, in the OP, that the bridge was now 75 years old... How did you not understand that they started counting from the completion date? A baby's birthday is the day it is born not the day mommy and daddy had a tumble in the back of the Chevy.

[hopertveyk]

Actually, that's a fun game.

Again, QFT.

[ImmitsRom]

OK, that was a typo then. I did say construction started in 1934 and was completed in 1937 though so this is just nitpicking.

For the record, construction on the Golden Gate Bridge began on January 5th, 1933. Oerdin is always wrong, etc.

[realnilkless]

Ozzy and Drake sitting in a tree ...

[opelonafqe]

Same as the Forth Bridge in Scotland

Far more impressive IMO! I actually thought the Golden Gate bridge was pretty boring, to be honest...

Also USS Missouri > USS Iowa IMO.

[LoveTTatall]

Yes Gribbler, it is...

First major steel cantilever (still 2nd longest in the world!) railway bridge in the world and first railway bridge with a steel superstructure. Also was the world’s longest spanning bridge at the time of its construction. Way more impressive looking than the GGB!

So, in the space of 47 years, the Golden Gate bridge could only manage a measly extra 685ft!?

[Phassetus]

Yes Gribbler, it is...

First major steel cantilever (still 2nd longest in the world!) railway bridge in the world and first railway bridge with a steel superstructure. Also was the world’s longest spanning bridge at the time of its construction. Way more impressive looking than the GGB!

So, in the space of 47 years, the Golden Gate bridge could only manage a measly extra 685ft!?

Your Google link was the forth road bridge, not the forth bridge, illiterate.

[secondmertg]

mean while the new bay bridge span is only half finished, over budget, and decades late

and now cali is building a high speed train that starts in the middle of no where.....go killifornia

[Sdinozes]

Yeah, what a bunch of idiots! Why didn't they just widen the San Francisco Bay so that the Golden Gate Bridge could beat the previous record by more!

I'm just saying that one was cutting edge and worthy of greatness, considering it was built in the 19th century, whereas the other was relatively modest in comparison...

[dahlilaninfo]

I'm just saying that one was cutting edge and worthy of greatness, considering it was built in the 19th century, whereas the other was relatively modest in comparison...

Why did you link to pictures of a suspension bridge from the 1960s then you dribbling retard?